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All right, that's it. Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Didn't see him coming though that was for sure, but so glad we are finally getting our favorite red dragon to accompany bottled Cri-Kee. Hope he comes in a smaller set down the line though or he will probably cost about half the set price.

Neville in his pyjamas is fantastic! Never did I think, even when the theme began again in 2018, that we would be getting teddy bear jammies Neville. The scene is complete. And Ernie is clearly the son of a Skywalker, but he's not a clone! Hurray! As for Flint, I'm guessing that toothy grimace is just so memorable. I'm glad he's returning, although I really wish they would decide what they are doing with the Quidditch uniforms. No cape here at all is disappointing when the last versions of Quidditch players in a set, not a polybag, had not only capes, but the rubber folded down hoods. For the price of the set, this minifigure is disappointing in that regard. You can say the 'budget' went on Fluffy, but realistically make more budget, the prices on these sets is ridiculous anyway, stop squeezing out every bit away from the consumer. Percy reusing the same robe piece will be disappointing to many I'm sure as he's very generic, but I'm glad the book minifigure still holds and hasn't been made redundant. The Great Hall set gave us the red jewel piece for the Philosopher's Stone so already they can't make up their mind what piece to use! Some of the inconsistencies in such a short space of time do baffle me. Gambledore has got to make an appearance next year surely? I thought the Chamber of Secrets would come next year, but now with the silhouette of the Astronomy Tower on the Main Tower box I'm not so sure. The Great Hall box has the Main Tower silhouette on it, so does that mean the AT is next year's big set or just it made sense for that to be the silhouette because the AT is the next big structure to the right of the Main Tower like the Main Tower is the next big structure to the Great Hall. Curious. Very Curious. Either way, if Gambledore doesn't make an appearance in the AT I would think he would come in some set next year as they have got to move on to cover more of the later films. Now just to wait several months until the set goes on deep discount or the minifigures and Fluffy aren't extortionate on BL anymore.

I really like the Main Tower. Sure the logistics of the Mirror of Erised being at the top of the tower doesn't make sense, but there's loads of play value here and it feels really warm and cosy. Getting the Fat Lady portrait again outside of a limited GWP is great and I like Fluffy's heads more now that I can see them head on. Dumbledore having a skirt piece is also a nice surprise as I thought he would have legs to allow him to sit down in his office like Voldemort got the leg treatment in Malfoy Manner, and whilst I get why it's done, for display I think the skirts look so much better. Ernie seems to be using young Anakin's head with Luke Skywalker's hairpiece so the Skywalker genetics are strong there, but still good to have a student with a different expression. Speaking of, I think Lisa Turpin is using the same headpiece as Leanne from The Great Hall, but does anyone know if Marcus Flint is reusing a head? I still think his toothy look from his previous minifigure is great, but this one still captures his likeness I think.

Stinky Pete in the new Toy Story train would be appreciated as he's the only toy based on a human that hasn't been done with a normal Lego head rather than a mold. I don't think its going to happen, but ...

The new Fluffy looks a bit dopey in the picture to me, but it's one angle so I'm not going to judge it until I've seen more photos and probably it in person. Whilst the last Fluffy was pretty good with the molded heads, the combination of brick built and molds didn't work for me with the light grey joints showing. I much prefer this new almost complete mold for Fluffy, despite the obvious irony that Lego is by nature meant to be a brick built system. The original Fluffy still holds up extremely well though in my opinion and is probably one of my favorite elements from the original sets.

But extremely profitable for them I would have thought.

Probably, but then again I don't have Stitch and I don't think that one looks great either. They do make a good pair though. Am I right in thinking the Dalmatian is basically a copy of Simba, but with a different head? If so, what other characters do we think might get the buildable treatment whilst they have this body model going on? An Aristocat like Marie maybe?

From one buildable to another ... Buildable Angel has now leaked. I'm sure some will love it, but compared to the last buildable leaked it's just a mess to me. The benefit of another 1000 pieces I suppose.

Can you imagine if the new Clone Cadets showed up in the advent calendar after being in the GWP?

To be honest, I'm not betting on any new minifigures let alone a Mr Potato Head, but if we were going for new molds, then him and Slinky would be the top of my list!

The 101 Dalmatian set is too cute. Such good work by the designer and the pose ability is great. I could be wrong, but could it be that you can change the pose by switching the front and back legs, angling the body down and maybe putting the tongue piece in? I'm excited to see the Toy Story Celebration train set now. I know it's going to be a simple build, but the concept is fun. What do we think the lineup will be? One that covered characters from all the movies would be cool as a true celebration, but I'm guessing we'll get something like Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Bo-Peep and maybe an alien.

So does anybody else think we might get a buildable Harry Potter logo next year? Maybe 76464 the rumored 12+ set. I think the Harry Potter logo done smoothly like the Star Wars logo would make a collection centerpiece or just a casual fan buy as much as the Star Wars one does. Granted, the letter configuration with the jagged and uneven bottom to the letters doesn't make it as easy to make a standing logo as the Star Wars one, but I feel like Lego would find a way.

Shall we just say Really Expensive Tank and have done with it for now?

There's a rumor now that 40783 Coral Reef Diorama will be available on 21st April. The date is not confirmed though or the threshold, but I would think Belle's Castle would qualify.

So going on the leak for the Creator Horse Knight Castle, the sketch leaks are clearly made from tracing the actual set pictures so that answers how accurate they are or if they are put together from descriptions. So we've kind of seen the sets already, but I can't wait to see the actual photos and get a clearer look at the minifigures. The book ends Hogwarts Express is a cute little set and a perfect way to display your Harry Potter books if that's your kind of thing, although the train looks a tad small compared to the minifigures.

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Thank you. It seems the threshold will be £145 in the UK so that sounds about right. The Millenium Falcon polybag will also be with purchases of £35+.

That's a good idea.

So for the rumoured $379.99 price I'd expect at least 13 minifigures. The Slughorn face is making me think it will be HBP based, although the head may be for the advent calendar or even come back to be used next year as September to January is very close. But here's my HBP minifigure lineup: Harry, Ron and Hermione (outdoor winter HBP outfits) Katie Bell Leanne Draco Dean Thomas Slughorn Mr Flume Mrs Flume Rosmerta Owl Post worker Random student That being said, I have to wonder if the student that could be Hermione with the red outfit in the new QQS set is either Katie Bell or is reusing a torso that might come in Hogsmeade as Katie is wearing a red coat when she is cursed on the path to Hogsmeade. It might be there way of giving us Katie to use in Hogsmeade without actually including her in the set. So if Hogsmeade is more POA based, then I'm guessing something like: Harry, Ron and Hermione (POA outdoor winter outfits) Draco Dean Thomas Rosmerta Fudge McGonagall Mrs Flume Mr Flume Owl Post worker Fred and George (Marauders Map gifting scene outfits)

Shall we pin this list and come back to it to see how close you were? Yeah your keen eye with the hobbit's face has me hoping there will be some HBP representation, although Gabrielle Delacour can attest to us getting faceprints we thought were bound to get reused and never did. The Daily Prophet photographer was also thought to be a good fit for Karkaroff if I remember right and that never happened either. Granted though, neither of those faces were a previous character print brought back. And it would be really good I think if we got the Harry, Ron and Hermione from when they were outside in the snow in HBP as well as Katie, as that way the trio from Series 2 and the advent calander aren't repeated. If it turns out to be POA based I could see Fudge being in there as well as McGonagall again. For anybody who's been to the park in Orlando, are there any specific uniformed employees in Hogsmeade? Like the Owl Postmistress was included with the owl post.

Haha me too, that's why I thought I'd ask you guys. Time Ron got his moment to shine I'd say, even if he is a repeat. That's a good suggestion. Katie was one year above Harry so she should technically have mid legs if this is Chamber of Secrets Ron, but then Ron would have visited DA in his first year and even before I'm sure. She would make sense as a Quidditch player, but then again I don't think they'd necessarily be so generous as to give us so many known characters. I'm leaning more towards random student too just like we got the random student in the wheelchair in Ollivander's. I hope the Hogsmeade D2C doesn't just stick to the basic trio, the Flumes, Rosmerta etc and does give us characters like Katie who I can't see turning up anyway else in her winter outfit.

The description I saw has a question mark at the end like the person wasn't sure which is why I ask as I guess they weren't definitively sure just from seeing the picture. And this would be from the younger years where I don't remember her wearing a ponytail although I know Lego does take creative licence.

Do we know the GWP threshold yet?

Do we think the girl with a red outfit and ponytail hair is going to be Hermione or another student as Hermione doesn't normally have ponytail hair? Any suggestions?

No the microscale isn't a D2C. :)